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This page is a resource for teachers for integrating technology into their classrooms here at St. Anne's-Belfield.

Integrating Technology into Your Classroom
Purpose of Technology Integration:Enhancing, Modifying and Redefining our Instruction & LearningCreating Lifelong LearnersInformation Literacy
Global Connections
Authentic Audience


A beginning Scope & Sequence grades K-8
Roger Wagner's Cycle of Learning Graphic - a great visual!

Authentic Audiences & Global Connections: Book Creator ~ iBooks ~ shared library Using Social Media in the classroom KidBlog, Twitter, Instagram Twitter for PD - #'s to follow #stabls #edchat #21stcenturylearning	Research: (Information Literacy & Global Connections) Diigo SimpleMinds (iPads) Inspiration/Kidspiration Google Earth Instagrok
Subscriptions: (TLT Agenda 10-9-12 for log in info) UnitedStreaming BrainPop Lynda.com	Management Ideas: Diigo Delicious Dropbox Symbaloo LiveBinder
DropBox Ideas - Use for: Shared folder for class - teacher can import images for all to share and use on iPad apps Can export projects from iPads to this folder for teacher to manage (ePubs, Pages, Brushes)	Diigo Ideas - Use for: Teacher vetting sites for student use: STAB4thgrade Students sharing notes on sites in blog format Students responding to topics (RLA, Current Events, Happenings in class) in blog format: STAB4thgradetopics, STAB2CRLA PD with teachers - creating common library for faculty MS STAB Diigo LS STAB Diigo
Coding/ Logic/ Computational Thinking: Kodable Pro (iPads) Light Bot (iPads) BeeBot (iPads & robot) Move the Turtle (iPads) Cargo-Bot (iPads) RoboLogicHD (iPads) Tynker Scratch Crunchzilla Kickbox (iPads) BigSeed (iPads)	Creativity: HyperStudio Brushes (iPad) Wordle Garageband (iPads)
Presentations: iMovie PowerPoint Keynote Fotobabble (iPads) SonicPics (iPads) ShowMe (iPads) Animoto	Digital Portfolios Book Creator (K) KidBlog (grades 1-4) Google Sites (grades 5-8)
Student Examples
ShowMe Ideas Math tutorials Writing tutorials Geography tutorials	Animoto Ideas Book Trailers (as book report) Summary of activity Inspirational Presentation
Fotobabble Ideas Kindergarten Spacecrafts 1st grade Archaeological Dig 1st grade Rain Forest Review	SimpleMind/Inspiration Ideas 2nd grade End of Unit 3rd grade Beginning of Unit
Book Creator Ideas 1st grade epub example 1st grade PDF example Spanish 7th grade epub example Spanish 7th grade epub 2nd example
iPad Apps & Computer Programs for Subject Areas
Math Apps for all Levels - Differentiation Ability: Math Bingo (iPads) Jungle Math, Coins, Time (iPads)	RLA: Animoto Kidspiration/Inspiration for brainstorming Analogs4Kids (iPads) Tools4Students (iPads) QuickVoice (iPads) Word Processing Word to Word (iPads)
Kindergarten* Tangrams HD (iPads) Magnaletters (iPads) ABC 123 (iPads) Phonics 123 (iPads)

Coding

• Our long term goals - Why Coding?
• Coding 4th graders teaching 8th graders
• Faculty Reflection of the student run Professional Development
• Pictures from Student run Professional Development
• Reflection on the Hour of Code
• A list of resources being gathered
• Graphic organizer on our Coding efforts or on Coding Scope & Sequence
• Symbaloo on Coding
• Quotes from student reflections on an integrated coding and Spanish unit they completed

Digital Portfolios

Check out the links below to help you decide what kind of digital portfolio you would like to use - both for yourself and for your students.
Google Sites - students create their own webpage and use it as a digital portfolio (grades 5-8)
KidBlog - many classes already using this for class blogs
ThreeRing iPad App - might be great for the younger students
Weebly - another option for student created websites with a teacher controlled environment

Current Digital Portfolios & Blogs

Check out our KidBlogs from 2013-2014



Student Led Instruction Examples and Ideas

• Coding PD led by students for faculty
• Could students lead MS Clubs with their own interests?
• 4th graders teaching 8th graders coding

School Visits

• Birmingham Covington
  • Engage, Inspire, Thinkering notes from visit 11/22/2013

Teaching, Learning & Technology (TLT)

• Purpose
• Tools
• Shares
• TLT Agendas: Oct 2011, Nov 2011, April 2012, May 2012a, May 2012b, Oct 2012, Dec 2012, Feb 2013, May 2013, Oct 2013LS, Oct 2013MS
• Shared Professional Library (Diigo)
  • STABLSteachers
  • STABMSteachers
• TLT Presentation 3/27/15 - not all links in presentation work, but examples are linked here.
  • Book Creator Examples #1, #2
  • Spanish Tutorials
  • Reading Responses: Blogger, Diigo
  • Using Big Data
  • iMovies for Biographies
  • Spanish Code a Story

Initiatives & Technology Applications

• Social Media in LS
  • Twitter in K-2
  • Diigo in 3-4
  • KidBlog in 1-4
• Proposal for Devices K-8
• Monthly activities with teachers: August 2013, Sept/Oct 2013, Oct/Nov 2013, Dec/Jan 2013-14

Ideas for Further Investigation

• YouTube Channel
  • How can we use this?
• Wikis for everyone?
• Skype Edu
  • Dean
  • Ripley
  • Roth
  • Lezama
• CAD programs
  • Create a game piece for 3d printer challenge
• Game-based Learning